Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballouwas an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. He has been called one of the fathers of American Universalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth30 April 1771
CountryUnited States of America
offering obedience duty
Obedience and resignation are our personal offerings upon the altar of duty.
adversity prosperity
Prosperity often presages adversity.
teaching littles easier
Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.
judgment should liberality
Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
obedience duty
Obedience sums up our entire duty.
scripture rules-of-life
We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own.
needs trouble serene
No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.
inspirational summer rain
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
beautiful easy difficult
It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.
experience tangible theory
Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
agreement unity spirit
If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace.
blessing events common
Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.
honesty people littles
Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty.
biblical mountain energy
Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.